epistasis

Meaning

The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.

Synonyms

hypostasis

scruff

scum

superior

epistasy

scummings

constipation

gene interaction

floss

suppression of urine

Translations

epistasia

epistasi

epistasia

épistasie

epístasi

Epistase

interacção génica

epístase

epistasis

interacción de genes

epistasie

epistasi

Geninteraktion

interaction génique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίστασις (epístasis, “stopping”), from ἐφίστημι (ephístēmi, “stop”), from ἐφ- (eph-) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make to stand”). The use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.